BS EN 15234-4:2012

What is BS EN 15234-4 - Quality assurance for wood chips for non-industrial use about?

BS EN 15234-4 defines the procedures to fulfil the quality requirements (quality control) and describes measures to ensure adequate confidence that the wood chips specification for non-industrial use as described in EN 14961-4 is fulfilled (quality assurance).

BS EN 15234-4 covers the raw material supply, production and delivery chain, from purchasing of raw materials to point of delivery to the end-user.

BS EN 15234-4 covers only quality assurance for wood chips produced from the woody biomasses stated in EN 14961-1:2010, Table 1 and EN 14961-4.

Who is BS EN 15234-4 - Quality assurance for wood chips for non-industrial use for?

BS EN 15234-4 on quality assurance for wood chips for non-industrial use is useful for:

• Solid biofuels industry
• Producers and suppliers of wood chips
• Quality control bodies
• Suppliers of raw materials
• Persons involved in the entire delivery chain

Why should you use BS EN 15234-4 - Quality assurance for wood chips for non-industrial use?

The overall aim of BS EN 15234-4 is to guarantee the wood chips quality through the whole supply chain, from the origin and source to the delivery of the solid biofuel and provide adequate confidence that specified quality requirements are fulfilled.

The objective of BS EN 15234-4 is to serve as a tool to enable the efficient trading of wood chips. Thereby:

• The end-user can find wood chips that corresponds to its needs
• The producer/supplier can produce wood chips with defined and consistent properties and describe the fuel to the customers

Quality assurance measures should establish confidence in the wood chips through systems that are simple to operate and do not cause undue bureaucracy.